GEORGE ENGLEHEART (1750-1829)

Captain James Carnegie (1778-1851), facing right in blue coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat and frilled cravat

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GEORGE ENGLEHEART (1750-1829)
Captain James Carnegie (1778-1851), facing right in blue coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat and frilled cravat
oval, 36 in. (90 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame, the reverse with vari-coloured plaited hair and lock of hair

Literature

G. C. Williamson and H. L. D. Engleheart, George Engleheart 1750-1829, London, 1902, p. 92.
E. E. Simmons, 'Deutsche Einflsse in der englischen Porträtminiaturmalerei des 18. Jahrhunderts', Weltkunst, 22, 15 November 1978, illustrated p. 2686.

Lot Essay

Williamson and Engleheart (op. cit.) record that Captain Carnegie sat to Engleheart in 1805 and again with his wife in 1806.
Another miniature of this sitter signed by George Engleheart was sold in these rooms, 27 November 1979, lot 105.

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